Garment-supporter.



H. F. NILES.

GARMENT SUPPORTER- APPLIOATION FILED MAY 11, 1911.

Patented Oct. 1, 1912 Jjzg. 6

INVENTOR Jizkr/g Jl T BY r I? TTORNEYS WITNEIS'SES 7 of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State conceal the belt.

. PARRY F. FILES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF T0 'lHGlVZAS it...

SCHLICK, 0F CHICAGQ; ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-SUEPORTEB.

Specification 0t Letters Patent. ljatented that. it. i are.

Application filed May 11, 1911 Serial No. (HG/L79.

'l'o all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HARRY NILES, a citizen of the United States, and a resldent of Illinois, have invented a, new and Improved Garment"Supperter of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

One of the principal objects which the present invention has in view is to support a garment upon a belt in such manner as to With this object in. view the invention consists in providing a series of devices having belt loops and temporary fasteners for securing the devices to the garment, said fasteners being extended above said belt loops.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and economize the cost of construction of the supporter.

l this object in view the invention or sts in providing clips and connections for uniting the various ,structural members arranged to avoid manipulation of the same in. assemblage.

One embodiment of the present invention disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters. of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a sup". porter constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, shown in cimjunctionwith mens trousers; Fig. 2 is a detail view in side elevation. showing one of the supporters and belt used therewith; Fig. is an edge view of the structure shown in Fig. 2. the belt being shown in section; and 4% is a'det-ail vie/in on slightly enlarged scale, showing the means of attachment of the supporting springs with the belt loop connections.

As shown in the accon anyingdrawings, the garment prim aril ipported. upon the belt 9. The belt is i shed with a. buckle and free end 11. therefor of usual construction. The material from which the belt is -onstructecl is optional. The belt is supported on the trousers or other garment by being passed through suitable lat metal loops "l2. The loops '12 are box lilre in form and are provided with the extended hoolishaped connecting members 13. The inner ends of the members 13 are bent to form the upstanding sections I f. The sections 14 are thus shaped to fit within the boss 15 formed in one end of the material which is foliiled to form the loop 12. the strip which is bent. to form the loop 132 is provided with a tab 16. i he tabs in are bent back upon the loops 19;, as shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawings. it will be under stood that the rougher or urulnlatcd side oi the loop 12 is disposed out ard troin the body of the person to rest against the inside of the trousers and away from the l: :y of the person.

To the u iiturncd ends 17 of the members 18 are connected, by sohlering the same. the

.lower ends of siuiporting airings 19. The springs 18' are of any suitable length. and.

are preferably wound to term a small coin-- Each of the ends ot.

{pact spir'ah the convolutions whereof are close nested to form a non-compressilole but glatcrally flexible structure. The upper ends tot the springs 18 are connected to a yoke 1. The yoke 19 is provided with end extensions 2O which resemble the ends 1'1" and are ex ctended within the springs 18 to be fixedly so cured thereto. Tlhe'center or cross bar of the yoke 19 is bent at an angle to receive the clip 21. The bend in the yoke in the ran. plane with. the extensions 20. The clip 21 also infolds the cross bar cit safety in of suitable construction.

The cross bar 21 of the safety pin is bent to a corresponding angle to the cross baroit the yoke 19. the clip 21 is firmly bound upon the two cross bars and fixedly connected thenv ith by being soldered or other ue attached thereto, the members of the safety pin and the extension oi the yoke 19 maintained in the same plane.

Each of the supporters thus constructed and arranged is secured to the garment on which it is to be Worn, the safety pin being;- used for that purpose. Care is exercised i placing the safety pins that the loops l2 shall be separated from the upper edge of the garment atsubstantially the same distance The belt 9 is then threaded through the various loops l2 and the garment is ready to be put on. Iii the supporter be at tached to mens trousers, as shown in the accompanying drawings, the operation. aft-er W hen putting on the trousers is :-the belt is preliminarily adjusted and buckled; the trousers are then buttoned. It will then be found that the trousers are supported by means of the supporters above the belt 50 that the belt is completely concealed. Further, it Will be found that the set' of the trousers which have been constructed with reference to being supported by supporters herein described is not changed by adapting the same to the support of the belt. The springs 18 in the present supporters serve to maintain the height of the upper edge of the trousers on the person at which the suspenders ordinarily keep the said upper edge of the trousers. In this Way the set of the trousers is not disturbed by the adoption of the belt for supporting the same.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new and desire to secure by 1 Letters. Patent is In. a belt slide of the character described a safety pin for engagement with the wais band of trousers having. a back bar bent to form an angular portion; a pair of flexible springs for supporting said pin having their ends connected by ayoke which is bent to form a similar angular portion; and a, metal clip for infolding said yoke and the back bar of said safety pin at opposite sides 1- M. J. Horrnnr, THUS. A. SCHLICK. 

